forced to seek a resting-place in this Great American Desert; and this, in all probability, will form a new era in the history of this singular and ill-fated race. They will remain a wander ing, half civilized, though happy people. Their ocks and herds wicover a thousand lls, and will furnish beef and portion of the dense population of whites that mutton for a wl swarm in the more fertile sections of the great valley of the Mississippi."

This line, rocommended by Mr. Mitchell, runs just east of Dakota, through the extreme eastern portion of Nebraska, a lit- tle to the east of the middle of Kansas, through the middle of Indian Territory and Texas, Idaho, Colorado, and New Mexico, all lie west of it.

The records of the War 1Department for 1846 contain an in tercsting account of a visit made to all the wild tribes of the Upper Missouri Agency-the Yankton Sioux, the Arrikarees, Mandans, Assinaboines, Arapahocs, Cheyennes, and othors. In reply to the agont's remonstranccs with one of the Sionx chiefs in regard to their perpotual warring with eacl other, the chief was very laconic and decided, remarking 'that if their great- grandfather desired them to cease to war with their enemies, why did he not send each of them a petticoat, and make squaws to the Gulf of Mexico. Montana, of them at once? This same chief refused to allow the boys of his tribe to go to the Choctaw schools, saying, "They would return, as the few did who went to St. Louis, drunkards, or die on the way."

The Chcyennes and other Indians living plaincd bitterly of the passage of the emigrants through their country. They said they ought to be compensated for the right of way, and that the emigrants should be restricted by law and the prescnco of a grass, and from unnecessary destruction of game. They werc on the Platte com military force from burning the systematically plundered and demoralized by traders. Whiskey was to be had without difficulty; sugar and coffee rere sold